TORSHI SHOOR

Pickled Vegetables

5 Small Eggplants
1/4 Cabbage
1 to 2 Cups White Vinegar
5 Celery Sticks
2 Carrots
1/4 Cauliflower
1/4 Bunch: Mint, Parsley, Dill, Tarragon and Celery leaves
2 Garlic Cloves (for each 1 liter jar) 8 to 10 total
12 Small Onions (Charlotte)
Chili Peppers (As preferred)
1 Tbsp Salt
PREPARATIONS:
1- Slice the eggplants, celery sticks, carrots.
2- Cut the cauliflower and cabbage in smaller pieces.
DIRECTIONS:
1- Place the sliced eggplants in a pot.
2- Add half a cup of white vinegar and cover with water.
3- Cover the pot with a lid and heat for 7 to 10 minutes.
4- Drain the cooked eggplants using a strainer.
Note: for the best result, use multiple (4) small jar/container as appose to one large one.
5- Take a small container, place handful of the herbs (Mint, Parsley, Dill, Tarragon and Celery leaves) in the container.
6- Place cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, small onions, celery, 2 to 3 garlic cloves and eggplants on top in layers.
7- Take few chili pepper (depending on the size of the contains), poke few holes/crack the chili pepper's skin, and place them in the container.
8- Top off the ingredients with more herbs (Mint, Parsley, Dill, Tarragon and Celery leaves).
9- Combine 1 tbsp salt, 1/2 cup of white vinegar and 1 and 1/2 cup water, stir until well mixed.
Note: Depending on your containers size, the salt, vinegar and water measurement needs to change but the ratio should stay the same.
10- Fill up the container with the vinegar mixture until it spills off.
11- Seal the jar/container tight with a lid so no air can enter.
12- Keep the jar at room temperature for 15 to 20 days. (don't open the jar within that period).
13- Keep in refrigerator afterwords.

CALORIES & NUTRITION

TORSHI SHOOR CALORIES & NUTRITION VALUES

Torshi Shoor (Torshi:pickle, Shoor:brine) is pickled vegetables. Pickle is a popular side dish for many Middle Eastern cuisine.
Although Torshi Shoor is all vegetables, due to the long period of process, it looses most of its vitamins and nutritional values but it still caries considerable amounts of vitamins and minerals along. Torshi or pickled vegetables have been most effective way to preserve food and vitamin for few thousands years.
Torshi Shoor contains considerable amounts of dietary fiber, iron, manganese, magnesium niacin phosphorus and potassium. It also contains high amounts of vitamin K, A, B6 and C.
Torshi Shoor does not have much of calories. 3.5 oz (100 g) of Torshi Shoor has only 28 calories.